Recent Acquisitions.

Albee, Edward.
WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF?
Cape 1964.
SIGNED by the author on the half title. Near Fine in dustwrapper £175

Freeman, R. Austin.
FOR THE DEFENCE: DR. THORNDIKE.
Hodder 1934.
Near Fine (a little worn at the edges) in dustwrapper (one or two short closed tears – a really nice copy £695

Heaney, Seamus.
BEOWULF. A NEW TRANSLATION.
Faber 1999.
No.287 of 300 specially bound SIGNED copies. Fine in slipcase £325

Heaney, Seamus.
DOOR INTO THE DARK.
Faber 1969.
SIGNED by the author on the flyleaf and dated 1988. Fine (small name Tip-exed out on front paste-down endpaper) in price-clipped dustwrapper – a lovely copy £795

Heaney, Seamus.
ELECTRIC LIGHT.
Faber 2001.
No.52 of 300 copies from a total edition of 325 specially bound copies SIGNED by Heaney. Fine in slipcase £350

Heaney, Seamus.
THE NAMES OF THE HARE. 1982.
Framed lithopint 134 of 250 SIGNED and NUMBERED by artist/sculptor Barry Flanagan and author. Poem in Middle English and Heaney’s translation. Collaboration in 2006 for Flanagan’s exhibition at IMMA. Image size 55.9 × 43.2cm. Fine £395

Heaney, Seamus.
OPENED GROUND. POEMS 1966-1996.
Faber 1998.
No.81 of 325 SIGNED specially bound copies, of which 300 were for sale. Fine in slipcase £325

Heaney, Seamus.
SEEING THINGS.
Faber 1991.
No.69 of 250 SIGNED copies, in special binding and slipcase. Fine in slipcase £275

Heaney, Seamus.
THE SPIRIT LEVEL.
Faber 1996.
No.125 of a SIGNED limited edition of 350 specially bound copies. Fine in special binding in slipcase £225

Heaney, Seamus, and Hughes, Ted.
(edit) THE SCHOOL BAG.
Faber 1997.
No.40 of 300 copies SIGNED by Heaney and Hughes. Fine in slipcase £375

Hughes, Ted.
BIRTHDAY LETTERS.
Faber 1998.
No.39 of a SIGNED specially bound limited edition of 310 copies. Fine in quarter cloth binding £350

Hughes, Ted.
THE HAWK IN THE RAIN.
Faber 1957.
Hughes’ first book. SIGNED by Hughes on the free end paper. Near Fine (slightly faded to spine, top edge a little bumped) in VG+ dustwrapper £750

Hughes, Ted.
TALES FROM OVID.
First edition thus, Faber 1998.
No.219 of a specially bound edition of 310 SIGNED copies. Fine in slipcase £250

Le Carré, John.
THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD.
Gollancz 1963.
Laid in is a SIGNED adhesive bookplate from Le Carre with his printed surname, SIGNED by him. Filmed in 1966, starring Richard Burton. VG (tiny bookseller’s stamp to flyleaf) in unfaded bright very slightly dusty and edge-worn dustwrapper, with foxing to the rear panel £750

Merriman, Bryan.
THE MIDNIGHT COURT.
First edition thus in this translation, Dolmen Press, 1953.
One of an edition of 200 hand-bound copies on Antique Paper. Translated by David Marcus, with woodcuts by Michael Biggs. A most attractive book. Fine in marbled boards with cloth spine £195

Miller, Arthur.
THE CRUCIBLE.
Cresset Press 1956.
SIGNED by the author to the half title. VG indeed (neat gift inscription to flyleaf) in dustwrapper with minimal fading to the spine £325

Miller, Arthur.
DEATH OF A SALESMAN.
Cresset Press 1949.
SIGNED by the author on the half title. Fine in VG slightly dusty and marked dustwrapper £350

Pym, Barbara.
NO FOND RETURN OF LOVE.
Cape 1961.
Near Fine in VG dustwrapper (some light edgewear, but with bottom corner of rear flap clipped and archival tape strengthening to reverse of spine and folds) £295